Where I’ve Been

As a person who loves lists, this has got to be my ultimate. A list of all of the wonderful places I have been to, along with how long I have spent there in total. 

This list reminds me of the epic journey I have taken in the past twenty years since I started traveling, and it gets me excited about what the future holds, travel-wise, as well.

It isn’t my desire to visit every country in the world, but there are still so many places I want to experience and many more that I will return to.

As of February 2026, I have been to 78 countries (98 for the Traveler’s Century Club – so close!), including 7 Canadian Provinces, 47 US States, and 45 out of 63 US National Parks.

It’s definitely been an adventure so far!

Oceania:

• Australia – 3 years +
• New Zealand – 23 years +
• Fiji – 10 days
• Samoa – 11 days

North America:

• Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, PEI, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario) –  17-ish months
• USA (Washington State, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Montana, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Florida, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Alaska, New Mexico, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Virginia, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Philadelphia) – 10 years +
• Mexico – 5.5 months

Caribbean:

• Dominica – 12 days
• Barbados – 2 weeks
• Guadeloupe (France) – 2.5 weeks
• Cuba – 3 weeks

Central America:

• Belize – 5 nights
• Costa Rica – 4 weeks
• Guatemala – 1 month
• Honduras – 2 nights
• Nicaragua – 8 nights
• Panama  – 2 weeks

South America:

• Colombia – 3.5 months
• Ecuador (including Galapagos) – 5 weeks
• Peru – 3.5 weeks
• Bolivia – 3.5 weeks
• Argentina – 5.5 weeks
• Uruguay – 1 day
• Chile – 3 weeks
• Brazil – 1 week

Africa:

• Egypt – 16 nights
• South Africa – 10 weeks
• Lesotho – 3 nights
• Tanzania – 4 weeks

Asia:

• South Korea – 1 night
• Singapore – 1 week
• Thailand – 3 months
• Myanmar – 16 nights
• Philippines – 4 weeks
• Vietnam – 3.5 weeks
• Malaysia – 3 weeks
• Indonesia (Bali) – 9 days
• Cambodia – 3.5 weeks
• Laos – 3.5 weeks
• Sri Lanka – 1 month
• India – 1 month
• Hong Kong – 8 days
• Nepal – 32 days
• Japan – 1 month

Europe:

• UK (England, Wales, Scotland, and Gibraltar) – 5.5 years
• Greece – 9.5 weeks
• France – (not including Guadeloupe) 5 weeks
• Italy (including Sicily) – 5 weeks
• Spain (including three Canary Islands & Majorca) – 5 weeks
• Germany – 3.5 weeks
• Croatia – 3 weeks
• Portugal – 2.5 weeks
• Cyprus (including Northern Cyprus) – 12 nights
• Albania – 11 nights
• Austria – 1.5 weeks
• Malta – 8 nights
• Sweden – 8 nights
• Iceland – 1 week
• Switzerland – 1 week
• Poland – 1 week
• Denmark – 6 days
• Ireland – 3 days
• Belgium – 4 days
• Monaco – 2 days
• Netherlands – 3 nights
• Hungary – 3 nights
• Slovakia – 2 nights
• Slovenia – 5 nights
• North Macedonia – 4 nights
• Kosovo – 2 nights
• Bosnia and Herzegovina – 4 nights
• Estonia – 4 days
• Latvia – 4 days
• Lithuania – 4 days
• Vatican City – 2 days
• Turkey – 3 weeks
• Montenegro – 3 nights
• Czech Republic – 5 nights

Middle East

• Qatar – 4 nights

Where I Have Lived

• New Zealand: Auckland, Tauranga, Kingseat, Te Hihi, Hamilton, Waitomo Caves – 23 years
• Australia: Sydney (twice) – 3 years
• UK: London (three times) – 5.5 years
• Canada: Vancouver (twice), Field – 7.5 months
• USA: Colorado, Washington State, Nomadic – 10 years + (current)

So there you have it, folks. Some places I have only spent a short amount of time in and others I have been back to multiple times.

As I have only been blogging about my travels since 2014, there are a lot of places on this list that I haven’t written about. If you would like to know about my experiences in any of these destinations, please contact me and I would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

I also wrote this massive post outlining all of my travels chronologically over the first 18 years after I left New Zealand, including the jobs I did to sustain this crazy lifestyle of mine.

Happy travels!